All Systems Connect

In anticipation of a symposium in May to promote a systems-based approach, Patrick Moriarty makes the case for collaboration to secure progress. The world is...

NASA’s Earth Observation project goes ‘Open Access’

NASA has announced that outputs of its OPERA Earth Observation project are now freely available. Managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with partners from NASA’s...

UK government announces new water plan

The UK government has launched is new ‘Plan for Water’ which aims to improve water security and reduce pollution. The plan promises increased investment,...

UN study calls for action on antimicrobial resistance

A new study by the UN calls for action on pollution that it says is causing millions of deaths annually due to resistance to...

Track, trace and target – the water sector and emerging viruses

New viruses continue to emerge and spread. Joan B Rose, Rosina Girones, Marta Rusiñol Arantegui, Veronica Beatriz Rajal, Ramiro Poma, Maronel Steyn, Bettina Genthe,...

Water’s role in the loss and damage climate debate

The climate change political agenda has been focused mainly on mitigation and adaptation, without addressing the extent to which impacts are felt by developing...

Intelligence-driven supply performance

Alessandro Bettin explains the benefits of a data-driven water management system, especially in helping manage or avoid intermittent water supply.   The management of a...

The water-energy nexus – a toolkit for innovation

Laurent Bellet, Corinne Trommsdorff and Alex Alix, editors of a new book aiming to help the water sector reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases,...

Reducing emissions – China’s plan to go green

Xiaodi Hao, Ranbin Liu, Yu Wenbo and Shuang Li describe how new guidelines are helping China meet its ambitions for carbon reduction. As an important...

Water and… health

The vital nature of water is evident in the frequency with which we deploy the word ‘and’ when talking about it. This is the...